A light earthquake with magnitude 4.2 (ml/mb) was reported 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Olonkinbyen in Svalbard and Jan Mayen on Saturday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 11/10/25 / 2025-10-11 15:18:06 / October 11, 2025 @ 3:18 pm. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Unique identifier: us6000rkqq. Ids that are associated to the event: us6000rkqq. The temblor was detected at 15:18:06 / 3:18 pm (local time epicenter). Exact location of event, longitude -6.8151 West, latitude 70.8709 North, depth = 10 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Olonkinbyen (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries that might be effected, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (c. 3 000 pop). The epicenter was 70 km (43 miles) from Olonkinbyen (c. 0 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days four and in the last 365 days ten earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world each year.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 69 km E of Olonkinbyen, Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

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